Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-30
MIDSUMMER FIRES.

The sun was niRh tts Sesssu& No.
Iovsi, shining ga he sssnsd 70 ~ ~. v.D'
rod and rutidy purple CLEANED sne S esos.' s..'
Waves Of the horizon rosy and go,osn cA'.
an. ,,,ri,rs vavelets from that distant pas
Of the sss 70 tho yellow sauds oi she Mso
COass.
A ps,h winding up . hsadiand, led frou
the vostnrn shores IN . white road. Tho ~
.is.m M tho sunsst was upon Il and th
spsrsc heather iandward slOwsd ruddy, q
.ome s,ris sauntarsd lettering along the path
There were three ~ them, sistsrA On
wss . ch,id, Missile; the others. Meta an,
Kate Qualtroush, were on the happy border
land II girihood and womanhood.
We have no p,cturesque national 9arb Of
foreign land wherowith u ses thsm forth,-
they were dressed ~ hundreds os aisis Il
London might be dressesi, though they oam'
Of N pure MAnx rsce ~ 10 10 proud Of III
days whom Enslish people were looked upol
~ Foreigners In Man.
Nessie was full Of life; shs danced ahead O
she fingered bshind she sprang 10 right n
LEFT over tho broken ground Of the headlsud
what her slstera waited for he'd svidSutly M
strong hold on her thoughtA AZ lest sht
struck In with this:
"Ys'ii be utterly foolish, you girls, idiiul
hore any longer Tor those lada Her acoenl
bore the North Country tW aud the sofs
sweet tones of the Msnx people, I" DO you
think they'll 10 leaving their fishing foI
the"
"Hist" !" commanded Meta
The girls we're oil At play, IN . ssnse, but u
Was play with serious vein IN II 70 MetA
"Ebr I sm full Of resporN - And Wild
Ns~sIe threw out hcr srms and msde q esy,
.,s,-,., "..... 's .,..,,,.. s..h,o, A. ~.
~ ''.s.o"o . :" .H,I on :. a.. :" W. W.
i.. @ ~" 'uo ~" " ,,. NJ. .,a,.s VIZ
boys are not M, anu I'm thinking shey'o
only be hindering us n they were herA"
"And they promised, too; and u they
break their prom,sa. we'll he free from ourS
I.y n, c,n. -.,I n. .vs,,,y Ia. and
tbe,s;. !. IN, .o do" ' -
~, ~ o' ~"%
Ihen they wslked on bt Iastef. Neesio
was out Of sight, but yet they were closely
following on her s,spa 40 many turns and
headIar ds that one NAV be raaily out Of eight
A shout burst forth into the still summer
air, aud the next moment .Nessie with wav-
Ing arms and with yellow hair flying - the
nioat bit of green.
"Boat ahoy 7" and her arms RessIcuIsteti.
There was q boat sk imminR scrOss the bsy,
Peel hay. Ono unbonnsisd head waa In
the stern 0f the round, deem bost Il beloused
70 . fsher lad, vbo vss ths Won kins chum OF
three scarlet capped youths. Ono of these
Last was q Quaitr6ugh, q cousin Of the girls I;
the others we're his irisnds --lsds who . wear
or two bark, hai bs6n with him at King
williams College ss Csstlatown, but who,
being English, we're only In Man for . sum.
mer jaunt now,
1t had been Tor the deiectation OF these
same young Englishnsn that the doisgs OF
that tnidsu IN tusr owe we're beipg made no
much Of
"Do they mean to land or not >" ssked
Kate
"UndoubtedIy," waa Meta's decisive word
"Do they not Know IL In for them ve are
making this DELAY -
In q very short time the boat Was out OF
sight, which means that shs vas well under
the hesdlsnd and landing her crew In White
Strand Coya S0me few moments more and
three Young men I'm nca,inS tiannel.. and
each with q rough zee lack ct atop, appeared
clam bei IN n u % the face Of the hesdisnt Then
the party went on more swiftly.
First ON to and scrO~s the white suniit
road ay, then down u an opEnaiio lane, rough
and stony and uni~nd.d. TINS lane finally
lost ttst II on q fuzzy common, where short
sweet, mcssy grsss Was patched irregularly
by . kavsgeTy OF goIss and I'm ze and waving
bfacken. Meta, walking apart, pulled the
brscken {; X ate and Nensie, with energy OF .
more tslk stive and lsss solitary huuor, bsde
the young men bring out their knivsA aud
slash away mUssy branches OF GoTse and
furza
"WbeTe In oil this 10 20 nov ?" asked
Doyle Phiil,p~ou, the elder OF tho two Eng
Iish brothers. "Is this common the haunt Of
-Of-the enemy:' A twinkle lighted up .
WOuld bR grave tnd<.
"On, don'i" Mein's exclamation Was In.
stinctiVe
"There!" cried tho Man xmGn Of the Varty.
"Taks MstA's horror frr your keynote,
Philiipsnn, ar ycull bs sstting us all la dan.
ger at thS evil influences of the hour"
Eh. Willie " end Nsssis lung her vigor.
Ous small sell sRsinst her cousin, herself
armed with huge bundle of Prickiy furzs,
"ys'Ii be the worst Of the threa You ought
70 know better"
"Blessed are the i'nmunitieS of ignorance''
the youth exclaimed.
- do not say that At ALL" quickly young
Philiip~on replied. 81 wish TO know-I
"Mets will tell you, then"
The girl Was slili In her silOnt humor-per.
haps dangerous humor Tor nature ust
degree prone to my sticss over thingn
These were men from tho outer world, the
brave outer world OF which she dreamed
the iaiihless outer world which shs know
Iidiculed any ancient fsntAsy Of cuntom
should she b~ silent, or should she be brave
knowledge her weak ness? Ono seCend she
had for hesitation, but no more.
"Will yOu"-cam0 the question pOintodly
put to her-"isy your commands upon me,
Miss Qualtrough, and tell me while obey -
How light and yet how true did he look -
bis cleaI-hrowed eyes met heTa
ms's0 ushed win P'eesure. was more
really sensible man going To listen u hor
old wives isbits' snd listen WIN nsFc!
Inc oei,4ht OF thi- nsshsd snrouko ner enG
made the delicate Msnx isce OF the giri
radiant Manx feminine beauty he's not had
much eulOky, very ltk6ly Dut where Will